Trial against duo accused of Coligny teen's murder resumes

The trial of two men accused of murdering 16-year-old Matlhomola Moshoeu resumes in the North West High Court on Monday.

Pieter Doorewaard, 27, and Philip Schutte, 34 have pleaded not guilty to charges of Moshoeu's murder, intimidation, kidnapping, theft, the unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition and pointing a firearm.

The duo are accused of killing Moshoeu in Coligny last year. They claim they caught the teenager stealing a sunflower on April 20, 2017.

The men said they intended driving him to the local police station, but that he had jumped off their bakkie along the way and had broken his neck.

In June, the State's final witness Itumeleng Ledikwa, an advanced life support paramedic, said on the day of the incident, they had received a call from the police saying a child had fallen from a moving vehicle.